"Romulus, New China", USS Agincourt Pre-Log Options

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Date: September 21, 2395
Location: Romulus
"Romulus, New China"

With the signing of the 2395 Treaty of Versailles, the final nail in
the coffin was hammered into the tr'Llhvae-Tal'Shiar government that had
taken over nearly a decade before. The galae forces overthrew
the Tal'Shiar government in late 2393 with the unprecedented support of
the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet. One of the conditions for
the Romulans entering the Versailles treaty was the official recognition
of the Galae's New Senate as the legitimate head of the Romulan Star
Empire. The situation seemed similar to the twentieth century United
States' recognition of the People's Repbulic of China and the
Communist rule as the legitimate Chinese authority rather than
acknowledging the Taiwanese's claim. In that situation, the United
States recognized the Communist rule because of prudence, not because of
principle.

Although the Federation did not necessarily favor the return of the
Romulan Star Empire to this new Senate, they found that support
for the return was likewise prudent. With the militant Tal'Shiar
authorities in power, the Federation had found the Romulans even more difficult to
deal with and relations plummeted to their lowest levels in decades.
Yet, the Senate led by a charismatic war-hero of a Praetor, promised a
new beginning of diplomatic cooperation.

Some in the Federation questioned whether the Federation should even
get involved in the Romulan crisis, however, the idealists won the day.
In an attitude that could only be described as Wilsonian, the Federation
idealists envisioned a departure from the fragile balance of power and
the embracing of a new level of political and economic cooperation. The
Treaty of Versailles was that beginning.

Nevertheless, Versailles has remained largely untested, at least
politically. Many of the economic barriers that existed between the
Romulans, Klingons and Federation have been lifted allowing relatively
free trade with minimal regulation and tariffs. Politically speaking,
however, the three empires have remained relatively isolated. The true
judgment of the success or failure of Versailles will be what happens
between the three empires politically.